Police searching for bank robber

Jul 28, 2010 4:31:00 PM - thestate.com

Columbia Police are searching for a man who robbed a bank on Garner's Ferry Road.

The robbery happened around 3:40 p.m. at the Arthur State Bank, 7001 Garner's Ferry Road, said Brick Lewis, a spokesman for the Columbia Police Department. The man walked into the bank, demanded money from a teller and fled on foot. The amount of money taken was undisclosed.

Witnesses described the robber as a black man in is late 30s to late 40s. He was wearing a red ball cap with the letters "PHAT" printed in white. He also was wearing a garnet jacket with "Carolina" printed on the front.